Ironing-board.



.PATENTBD MAR-.17, 1903.

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1 APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13.11902.

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UNITED STA-TES PATENT v OFFICE.

WILLIAM SAVIDGE, GREENFIELD, ILLINOIS.

IRONING-BQARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 722,758, dated 1l/[arch 17, 1903.

Application filed September 13. 1902. Serial No. 123 ,349. (No model.)

To aJZ whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SAVIDGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenfield, in the county of Greene and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to thev accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in combination ironing-boards; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the device folded up completely. Fig. 2 is aY side elevation of the device unfolded to formv a reclining-chair. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device unfolded to form an ironingboard. Fig. l is a top plan of Fig. 3, showing in addition, however, the clothes-supporting arms swung outwardly; andFig. 5 is a front view showing the applicationof the device as a step-ladder.

The object of my invention is to construct an ironing-board which can be converted into a reclining-chair, a step-ladder, or an ironingboard proper, as will more fully appear from a detailed description of theinvention, which is as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 represent two folding members hinged together at one end, the member 1 being provided with a series .of strips 3, serving as steps when the device is used as a step-ladder. At the top of member l is pivoted a leaf 4, adapted when swung, asV shown in Fig. 2, to be supported bythe upper edgeof themember 2, said leaf being pivoted directly` to the member 1 and serving as a support for a bucket B. When not in use, it can befolded back between the side bars'of the member l, as shown in dotted the parts are unfolded, as seen in Fig. 2, the

web S, together with the frame 5 and the supporting-framework, forms a chair, the frame being held elevated to any suitable position by the arms 6 6, pivoted at the outer ends of thel side members of member 1, the opposite or pointed ends of the arms 6 6 entering notches 7 7, formed in the side members of the frame 5, as best shown in Fig. 2. When in the position shown in Figl'` 2, the member 2 is coupled to the member l by a brace 8,

Vpivoted to the member 2, and with its free notched end braced against the adjacent edge of one of the lower steps 3, to which it may be secured by a hook 9, if desirable.

To use the device as a step-ladder when unfolded to the position shown in Fig. 2, the frame 5 is simply folded up against the member 1 and the arms 6 6 folded against the sides of said member' and the web S folded out of the way of the steps 3, as is obvious.

Pivoted beyond the frame 5 to the member l are arms 10 10,-which when the device is unfolded, as shown in Fig. 3, are adapted to engage with their free ends the notches 7 7 of the frame, the arms 6 6 in this case serving as the terminal legs for the ironing-board thus formed. As will be seen from the drawings, the member 2 serves as the ironing-board proper, and when thus servingin that capacity the leaf 4: serves as a support for the iron I, Fig. 3, the member 2 resting on top of member l. In that position the brace S is folded against the bottom of the member 2. The latteris provided with aseries of clothessupporting arms A, pivoted on each side of the longitudinal medial line of the said member, said arms being adapted to be swung outwardly for the support of the clothes, said 'arms swinging in a plane parallel to the plane of the board 2.

It is apparent, of course, that I may depart in a measure from the details here shown without affecting either the nature or spirit of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. Acombinationironing-boardcomprising two members hinged together at one end, a leaf pivoted to one ofthe members adjacent to and beyond the hinge-line, a `frame pivoted to the same-member near the free end thereof, a series of steps forming a part of said member, a sheet having one end secured to the free end of the frame, and the opposite end to one of the steps, and suitable arms IOO pivoted to said member on either side of the frame for supporting the latter from either direction, substantially as set forth. Y

2. Acombination ironing-board comprising two members hinged together at one end, a leaf pivoted to one of the members adjacent to and beyond the hinge-line, a. U-shaped frame pivoted to the first member, a series of steps forming a part of said rst member, a sheet or web having its opposite ends secured respectively to the free end of the frame and to one of the extreme steps, arms pivoted to the first member on either side of the frame and adapted to support the latter fromeither direction when unfolded, a brace pivoted to the 15 inner surface of the second member and adapted to bear against one of the series of steps, and a series of arms pivoted to swing parallel to the plane of the second member and carried by the latter for the support of the clothes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SAVID GE.

Witnesses:

THOMAS B. SAVIDGE, PEARL A. HAYCRAFT. 

